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Materi Ajar Describing People and Adjective

Mata Pelajaran : BAHASA INGGRIS
Kelas/Semester : VII/GENAP
Kompetensi Dasar :

3.4 Membandingkan fungsi sosial, struktur teks dan unsur kebahasaan beberapa teks deskriptif lisan dan
tulis dengan memberi dan meminta informasi terkait dengan deskripsi orang, binatang dan benda, sangat
pendek dan sederhana, sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya.

Tujuan Pembelajaran
Setelah mengikuti pembelajaran, peserta didik diharapkan dapat :

Pengetahuan
1. Peserta didik mampu mengidentifikasi ciri – ciri seseorang dan penggunaan kata sifat
(adjective)
2. Peserta didik mampu mengidentifikasi kalimat yang menyebutkan ciri – ciri seseorang
dan penggunaan kata sifat (adjective) berdasarkan teks.
3. Peserta didik mampu menjelaskan arti dari kalimat sulit yang ditemukan.
Ketrampilan
1. Peserta didik mampu menuliskan ciri – ciri seseorang dan penggunaan kata sifat
(adjective) berdasarkan teks.
2. Peserta didik mampu membuat kalimat yang berkaitan dengan ciri – ciri seseorang dan
penggunaan kata sifat (adjective) berdasarkan teks.

A. Describing People and Adjective

Describing people means describe someone. Describing people (people) can be from
Characteristics (properties) and Physical Appearance (physical appearance). Describing people
artinya adalah menggambarkan tentang seseorang dan ciri - cirinya. Menggambarkan orang
(people) bisa dari Characteristics (sifat) dan Physical Appearance (penampilan pisik).
An adjective is a word that describes, identifies, modifies, or quantifies something ( a noun or a
pronoun ).

Some of the adjective types are :

1. Quality : few, no, one, two, little, several, many, some, every
2. Opinion : good, better, best, bad, worse, wonderful, ugly, clean, dirty, comfortable, poor, rich.
3. Personality/emotion : happy, sad, excited, outgoing, lonely.
4. Sound : loud, soft, silent, noise, mute, speechless.
5. Taste : sweet, sour, acidic, salty, deliciuos, yummy.
6. Touch : hard, soft, silky, smooth, bumpy
7. Size, weight : heavy, big, small, little, light, tall, short, fat, thin, slim.
8. Speed : quick, fast, slow, rushing, speeding.
9. Temperature : hot, cold, freezing, icy, frigid, frozen.
10. Age : young, old, babysh, teenage, youthful, recent, elderly.
11. Distance : short, long, nearby, close, remote, neighboring.
12. Shape : round, circular, triangular, oval, zigzag, wavy
13. Miscellaneous qualities : full, empty, dry, wet, open, close.
14. Brightness : light, dark, bright, shining, shadowy
15. Color : pink, black, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, white, purple.
16. Time : early, late, morning, night, evening, first, delayed, last.
17. Origin/location : northern, oceanic, American, Canadian, Indonesian, Australian, Spanish.
18. Material : glass, wooden, cloth, plastic, cotton, ceramic, metal, steel.
 1. Characteristics ( Sifat)
For example :

attracted : menarik
- clever : pintar - cheerful : ceria
- diligent : rajin - happy : senang
- kind : baik hati - helpful : penolong
- nice : menyenangkan - hard worker : pekerja keras
- intelligent : cerdas - easy going : tenang, segala
- lazy : malas sesuatu dibuat mudah
- patient : sabar - honest : jujur
- smart : cerdas - handsome : tampan
- talented : bertalenta - beautiful : cantik
- pretty : cantik - cute : manis

2. Physical Appearance (Penampilan Pisik)

There are many words can be categorized into words that describe a person's general
appearance, eyes, ears, face, nose, arms, hair, height and build.
Ada banyak kata yang dapat digunakan untuk menggambarkan orang dari penampilan pisik
yaitu mata, telinga, wajah, hidung, lengan, rambut,tinggi dan bentuk.

Example :

- sharp eyes : mata tajam

- round eyes : mata bulat - dark skin : kulit gelap
- mata sipit : slanting eye - white skin : kulit putih
- pointed nose : hidung - brown skin : kulit coklat
mancung - thick lips : bibir tebal
- flat nose: hidung pesek - smooth skin : kulit lembut
- oval face : wajah lonjong - tall : tinggi
- round face : wajah bulat - short : pendek
- black hair : rambut hitam - fat : gemuk
- blonde hair : rambut pirang - thin : kurus
- curly hair : rambut keriting - slim : langsing
- straight hair : rambut lurus - strong : kuat
- wavy hair : rambut - long hair : rambut panjang
bergelombang - short hair : rambut pendek

B. Be – Adjective

An adjective is commonly positioned before nouns. It is used to describe object or things. We use be (am,
is, are) to make a sentence.

1. Interrogative Sentence

Auxiliar Subject Adjective Sentence

y
Am I Young? Am I young?
Is She Beautiful? Is she beautiful?
Are They, we, you Friendly? Are they friendly? Are we friendly?
 2. Negative Sentence

Subject Auxiliary not Adjective Sentence

I Am not Sad I’m not sad
She Is not Stingy She isn’t stingy. He isn’t a bad – temper boy
They, we, you Are not Naughty They aren’t naughty, you aren’t lazy

3. Positive/Affirmative Sentence

Subject Auxiliary Adjective Sentence

I Am Happy I’m happy (I’m a happy daughter)
She Is Kind She is kind. He is smart ( He is a smart boy)
They, we, you Are Kind-hearted They are kind-hearted (You are a nice person)